macrumors P6

If you go in the Camera Roll and select your video, press the little share arrow. Then select "Email Video" the 4S will reduce the size and quality of the file so it can be sent. Note: The full resolution video is not altered in this process and remains in your Camera Roll.

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If you go in the Camera Roll and select your video, press the little share arrow. Then select "Email Video" the 4S will reduce the size and quality of the file so it can be sent. Note: The full resolution video is not altered in this process and remains in your Camera Roll.

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The only option it gives me when I choose to email is Video is Too Long. Would you like to select a smaller clip from this video to email? then it has me edit it to a smaller clip using the timeline feature.

macrumors 601

Most email providers have a limit on attachment sizes so even if you are able to send it doesn't mean that it can be received by the recipient. I would recommend FTP or some sort of file sharing service.

macrumors 6502a

i just tested this out with a 57 second video and it does the same thing for me. it says its too long. the iphone has some severe limitations when it comes to file sharing. can't send via bluetooth to other kinda of phones (android) and can't send hi def video through email

macrumors 65816

i just tested this out with a 57 second video and it does the same thing for me. it says its too long. the iphone has some severe limitations when it comes to file sharing. can't send via bluetooth to other kinda of phones (android) and can't send hi def video through email

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The limit for videos is set by the Email server, not the phone though.

Try sending it over iMessages. It would be interesting to see if they let you send large videos over iMessages, especially over 3G.

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i just tested this out with a 57 second video and it does the same thing for me. it says its too long. the iphone has some severe limitations when it comes to file sharing. can't send via bluetooth to other kinda of phones (android) and can't send hi def video through email

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This can be accomplished through jailbreaking. Additionally since you are shooting in 1080p the videos are going to be ginormous (yea i said that).

Think about if everyone at once took a video 500mb in size and emailed it all at once, what do you think that would do to a network?

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You can avoid the hassle of email by 1) registering for DropBox.com,
2) uploading your video in your DropBox public folder,
3) then sending your friend the URL of your video so s/he can download it directly.

macrumors 65816

1080 video is great...but it's not meant to be emailed. Use dropbox, post it on YouTube, etc. No one's email is going to accept a file that size. Most people can't accept more than 10MB or so. It shouldn't be a surprise that you can't email the file, and it's not the fault of the phone.

macrumors newbie

1080 video is great...but it's not meant to be emailed. Use dropbox, post it on YouTube, etc. No one's email is going to accept a file that size. Most people can't accept more than 10MB or so. It shouldn't be a surprise that you can't email the file, and it's not the fault of the phone.

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Well said. I like how people right away blame the iPhone for this. Try sending a 1:50--1080P video through email with android or windows phone. Doesn't work. Limitations of email not the phone.

macrumors Nehalem

1080 video is great...but it's not meant to be emailed. Use dropbox, post it on YouTube, etc. No one's email is going to accept a file that size. Most people can't accept more than 10MB or so. It shouldn't be a surprise that you can't email the file, and it's not the fault of the phone.

macrumors 6502a

i understand that there are email limitations. i don't think anyone is disputing this. but the iphone should have an option to compress the video so it can be sent. when you upload a video to youtube it gives you and option for HD or standard definition. this should be an option for emails as well

macrumors 6502

Of course once the video was compressed enough to actually send in email everyone would complain about the quality and blame the iPhone for shooting crappy video

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This.

Whenever you come across an issue like this, it's Apple's, your ISP's, your e-mail provider's, etc. not so subtle way of telling you to find an alternate way to accomplish this task. Using technology, you have to adapt. Anytime you say, "well I used to be able to do it this way", it should be a trigger in your mind to forget that way and try something new. As others have said, using YouTube or DropBox are perfectly viable ways to accomplish your objective while still maintaining the integrity of the video.

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